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(No Model.)

W. A. HULL.

LAMP SHADE ORNAMENT.

Patented July 6,

UNITED STATES PATENT Tries.

WOLCOTT A; HULL, on NEW YORK, N. Y., AssreNon or ONE-HALF TO THE ANSONIABRASS AND oorrnn COMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

LAMP-SHADE. ORNAMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,234, dated July 6,1886.

Application filed April 523, 1886. Serial No. 199,910. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WoLoorr A. HULL, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inOrnaments for Lamp-Shades, of which the following is a specification.

My improvement relates particularly to the decoration of lamp-shades.

I will describe a lamp-shade and appurtenances embodying myimprovement,and then point out the novel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of a lamp-shadeembodying my improvement, part of a crown therefor being I broken awayto more clearly disclose one mode of securing ornaments. Fig. 2 is asection of I a portion of the shade, crown, and an ornament shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section of a portion of a shade, crown, andornament, 2v showing a modified means of securing the ornament. Fig. 4.is a view of a portion of a shade, crown, and ornament, showing anothermodified means of securing the ornament. Fig. 5 is a view of a portionof a shade, crown,

and ornament, showing another modified means of securing the ornament.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates a shade for a lamp, here shown 0 as of curved outline, butwhichmay be of any desired shape. It is provided with an opening at thetop, as is usual, and a circumferential rim or flange, at, extendingabout the openlng.

B designates an ornamental shade-crown, preferably made of metal, andwhich may be of any desired configuration. The crown has a circularportion, 1), extending, when in place, about and outside the rim a onthe shade.

0 O designates ornaments, of which there may be any desired number. Theywill preferably be made of sheet metal, but may be made of analogousmaterial. They are, as shown, disposed about the shade at intervals, andrest 5 upon the exterior of the shade.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown a means of maintaining the ornaments uponthe shade, consisting in a portion, 0, of tongue-like form,

bent in such manner as to extend between the portionb of the crown andthe rim a of the shade. The ornaments may be disposed about theshade,'and the crown then placed outside the portion 0 of the ornaments.The ornaments cannot then fall off from the shade, being prevented bythe portion 12 of the crown. By 5 making the portion 0 of the ornamentsof sufficient width the ornaments may be retained in an approximatelyperpendicular position, and the tendency to swing lessened. The upperends of the portion 0 of the ornament may be bent in such manner as tohook over the edge of the rim to on the shade, if desired, as shown moreclearly in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a means of making a positive connection betweenthe ornaments and the crown, consisting of hooks d on the ornaments,extending into holes in a rim, 0, in the portion 1) of the crown. Thehooks d may be engaged with the crown after the latter has been placedin position.

In Fig. 5 I have shown a means of making a positive connection betweenthe crown and the ornaments, consisting in providing the lower edge ofthe portion 1) of the crown with notches f, which have other notches, f,offset 7 5 from their sides. The portion 0 of the orna ments here shownhave formed in them notches g on their side edges, thereby'formingshoulders g. The portion of the ornaments between the notches 9 extendsinto the notch f in the crown, and the'shoulders g interlock with thenotches f. It is to be observed that the ornaments, together with thecrown, form a cuirass for the shade. The crown-like portion of thecuirass serves to retain the ornaments in the positions they are desiredto occupy.

I am aware that pendants have been hung from a bent wire surrounding theupper part of a lamp-globe, and I am also aware that sec- 0 tions ofornamental glass have been provided with hooks and hung upon the top oflampglobes; butI am not aware that it has ever been proposed to providesectional ornaments with a crown or crown-like portion.

I Ornaments to be used according to my improvements may be packedseparately from the shade and crown in very compact form, and need notbe attached until the shade is erected. They may therefore be sold tocus- 100 tomers separately and in desired quantity. They are easily andquickly attached, and are not liable to displacement or detachment.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a shade, of ornamental plates resting thereon,and an ornamental crown, the said plates and crown being the oneprovided with a projection or pro- 10 jections which engage the other,substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a shade, of orna' ments resting upon said shadeand provided with a projection or projections, and a crown placed oversaid ornaments and engaging said projection or projections,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a shade,-of a crown therefor and ornamentsprovided with portions extending between the shade and the 20 crown,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. The combination, with a shade-crown, of

- ornaments made independently therefrom of

